President
HCL LogistiCs inC.
Tim Van HolsT
For the interview, see page 60
What technologies, business models,
and trends Will drive the biggest
changes in your industry over the
next tWo years?
The small business mentality of "agility" will be-
come increasingly in demand with today's fast
pace society. The two biggest trends that are go-
ing to impact our industry in the next two years
are "Industry 4.0" and "Internet of Things" which
Integrating various forms
of technology within our
facility to work together
and provide an efficient
flow of materials. Working
with the customer to fully
automate communications
and processes.
connect silos of people, information and physical
assets together in new ways that will accelerate
change. Think of how the mobile phone and Uber
app unlocked the value of the car, which is a physi-
cal asset that sat idle 95 per cent of the time. I be-
lieve the most significant changes will be when the
"smart technology" app- based generation (millen-
nials) become decision makers in the workforce
and help streamline communications, forms and
processes.
hoW is your company
changing the game
Within the industry
sector?
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